dissuade

See also dissuadé

English

Etymology

From Latin dissuādeō (“I urge differently”, “I advise against”, “I dissuade”), from dis- (“away from”, “asunder”) + suādeō (“I recommend”, “I advise”, “I urge”).

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /dɪˈsweɪd/
• Rhymes: -eɪd

Verb

dissuade (third-person singular simple present dissuades, present participle dissuading, simple past and past participle dissuaded)

1. (transitive) To convince not to try or do.

Antonyms

• persuade

Derived terms

• dissuasion

Translations

convince not to try or do

• Bulgarian: разубеждавам (bg) (razubeždavam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 勸阻 (cmn), 劝阻 (cmn) (quànzǔ)

• Czech: rozmluvit (cs)
• Dutch: uit het hoofd praten (nl), afbrengen (nl) van, afraden (nl)
• Finnish: saada luopumaan (fi), kääntää jonkun pää (fi) (figuratively), saada toisiin ajatuksiin (fi)
• French: dissuader (fr)
• German: abbringen (de), abraten (de)

• Greek: αποτρέπω (el) (apotrépo)
• Italian: dissuadere (it)
• Japanese: 思いとどまらせる (ja) (おもいとどまらせる, omoitodomaraseru)
• Latin: dissuādēre (la)
• Old English: belēan (ang)
• Portuguese: dissuadir (pt)
• Russian: разубеждать (ru) (razubeždátʹ) impf., разубедить (ru) (razubedítʹ) pf.
• Spanish: disuadir (es)
• Swedish: avskräcka (sv), avråda (sv)

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French

Verb

dissuade

1. first-person singular present indicative of dissuader
2. third-person singular present indicative of dissuader
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of dissuader
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of dissuader
5. second-person singular imperative of dissuader

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Italian

Verb

dissuade

1. third-person singular present indicative of dissuadere

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Latin

Verb

dissuādē

1. second-person singular present active imperative of dissuādeō